#67 – Akage no Anne (Anne of Green Gables)

Another World Masterpiece Theatre show. This time it's 1979, and it's another one directed by Isao Takahata (Grave of The Fireflies), with some input from some fella called Hayao Miyazaki. It's my understanding that this is considered the best adaptation of the novels, due to it having the room to cover a lot in it's 50 episodes. But seeing as I'm totally unfamiliar with the books or any of the adaptations, beyond putting the Kevin Sullivan (not the Dungeon of Doom one!) adaptations on the Videolog database.

However I do know this. It's Ophantainment! Which is a word, that yes, I invented.

Anne of Green Gables – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Anne Shirley is a skinny, red-haired, freckled orphan who is mistakenly sent to live with shy, elderly bachelor, Matthew Cuthbert, and his prim spinster sister, Marilla Cuthbert. They live together in the fictional town of Avonlea, situated on the charming, scenic north shore of Canada's Prince Edward Island, and had submitted a request to adopt a young boy who could work on the family farm.

The good news is that it has been fansubbed. And that torrents still have seeds.

Now I can't actually find a clip of just the opening so instead you are going to get the first episode!

Next bit:

And the last bit: